J. & W. Seligman & Co. Names Christine Connor as Vice President Consultant Relations.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated, announced that it has named Christine A. Connor as Vice President Consultant Relations (a newly-created position) in the firm's institutional asset management operations. She reports to Rodney Smith, Managing Director, who is responsible for the firm's institutional business in the U.S. and offshore. Ms. Connor, 36, will be based in Seligman's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office and will design and implement new business development and marketing initiatives in the institutional market. She will have specific responsibility for enhancing Seligman's communications with consulting organizations that aid institutional investors with asset manager selection and supervision. "J. & W. Seligman & Co. has proven investment performance and innovative services and products and Christine adds strong capabilities in communicating that message to institutional investors," said Mr. Smith. Ms. Connor brings to Seligman more then 14 years of experience in the investment management industry, including client service, account sales, and investment analysis. She was previously with BARRA BARRA Bangladesh Rural Reconstruction Association Rogerscasey, where she managed institutional client relationships for 16 U.S. retirement plans whose individual assets ranged from $250 million to $4 billion. Ms. Connor advised clients on asset allocation, investment structure design, and investment manager selection. She led 29 searches for investment managers on behalf of clients. Prior to BARRA RogersCasey, she served at Mellon Trust from 1995-1999 where she was responsible for the administration of endowment and pension relationships with more than $25 billion in assets. Ms. Connor graduated from the University of Rhode Island History The University was first chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, and the original farmhouse still lies on the campus today. with a BA in Marketing. J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated was founded in 1864. Based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Seligman is an investment manager and advisor with $35 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. as of January 31, 2001. As well as providing management and advisory services to institutional clients, the firm provides a broad array of investments to individuals including the U.S.-based Seligman Group of Funds group of funds See family of funds. with more than 50 portfolios and a range of retirement services. Additionally, it manages Tri-Continental Corporation, the largest publicly traded, diversified closed-end investment company closed-end investment company: see mutual fund. in the United States, and two closed-end municipal bond funds which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Seligman also manages a range of offshore investments available exclusively for non-U.S. investors. J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated has an additional office in Palo Alto and its affiliates have marketing offices in London, Hong Kong, and Buenos Aires. |
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